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Excerpt from Masonic Records: Chiefly of the Etruscan Lodge
In the Potteries the oldest Lodge is St. Martin's, No. 98, dating from 1805, and all honor is due and given to the old Burslem Masons for bringing it to the flourishing state it is now in; but, considering the smallness and comparative unimportance of Lane End (now Longton), the population at that time being about when the first Lodge was founded in 1805, Longton has every reason to be proud of her old Masons. There were then two Grand Lodges in England. The Grand Lodge of England, constituted in 1717, the members of which were known after 1751 as Modern Masons, and The Grand Lodge of England, according to the old institutions, constituted 1751, the members being designated Ancient or Atholl Masons. These two Grand Lodges were combined in 1813, and formed the United Grand Lodge of England The Lane End brethren obtained a Warrant from the Ancients, dated the 24th April, 1805, and called the Lodge The United Pottery Lodge, No. 134 (see Lane's Records), the number being altered in 1814 to 160. It was held on the Tuesday nearest the full moon, and was a lodge of four degrees, that is, it included the Holy Royal Arch. There are no minutes extant, but a few signatures remain. It was held originally at the White Lion Inn, subse quently at The Swan, the Crown and Anchor and the Union Hotel, and then back to the White Lion. In 1822 the name was altered to the United Potters' Lodge, and it was ultimately erased in 1829. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
